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Nice! I'd cry if I lost my hat. I've had some late night miracle finds under Dragons... which is mostly over water. One night I went after an all black Red Sox hat someone lost and picked a random path where it might be and there it was! I later found out the guy had cancer and Johnny Damon gave him that hat during the playoffs. Another SF story, I lost my wallet on SROS at SFA the day BEFORE my HS graduation a few years back. I wasn't expecting it back, or at least with everything intact. Somehow they found my all black wallet, under S:ROS at night.. and everything was still there. Eric

at Magic Kingdom at WDW the Haunted Mansion and The Jungle Cruise FP machines USED to be on a different "matrix thingy" than the other rides. I think they fixed this when they added Philharmagic though because it doesnt work anymore sigh... Eric

Dragster.. I was impressed with it. I think the sheer fact of going over the top and looking *down* on MF is worth riding for. Overrated?? ehh.. a little. I do think the straight decent on Storm Runner is wayyy better. I always say if I have to wait in line for one.. Millenium Force definately.. but if they were both walk ons I'd choose Dragster... until I got bored anyways. Eric

Hey everyone. Today at IOA (where i work) there were large balloons in several areas in JP. Some people heard rumors that the balloons meant different things such as one was a height at the top of a lift hill for a new coaster and other balloons meant other things. Also, this morning apparently there was a helicopter hovering pretty low over this area.. It's been rumored for awhile about a possible Flying B&M in the JP section but this was the first time anything weird has been going on. I've never heard of balloons being used to mark layouts or anything but it makes sense to get an idea of a possible layout. Who knows! Hopefully someone got some pictures. Eric

I was looking at that site last night! Weird. I'm not a cast member anymore and Universal doesn't get a discount probably... but I'm still looking into it before I move back to PA later this month. Be a nice way to say bye to FL and all the good times.. *weep* Eric

I rode it a year and a half ago.. it freaked me out! Mainly the pull upwards because it takes so long and you swear youre at the top and your only like.. half way. I had a discount.. but $20 is too much for me anymore these days. However if I do have $20 to spend I'd rather spend it at Red Lobster next door

That's amazing! Very few web pages wow me and this is one of them. I wonder how far he'll go with the idea.. could take the monorail to Epcot.. boat to MGM.. etc etc. Crazyness. Eric

Looks great. I like the name Soar! .. too bad RCT 3 wasn't just a more realistic version of good ol' RCT 2.. but no.. they had to screw everything up. Eric

You are much braver than I'd ever be. I'm sure there's some in the Bowie area though.. hell, might as well sleep in ure car in the lot because it costs just about as much as a hotel room to park. Eric

We have so many problems its not even funny... Line jumping is a huge issue. We've tried using Baby Swap tickets but that didnt work, we cant get one way locks on the other doors you are talking about because it's a fire hazard.. the list goes on and on. A lot of its stems from Universal being so strict about not even being able to put bags off to the side and we have ZERO signs that say that.. I've had some nice talks with supervision this week so hopefully things will change (rrrright) Anyways, we have been dealing with line jumping lately. It's really hard to do that when there are so many different ways into the queue.. but at least last Saturday we had 7 people kicked out of the park. Another attendent and I basically shut down one side when they got back into the front of the line until our supervisor came up and took them away with security who then kindly escorted them off property. There are some new plans for baby swap too for this summer, and a pre-show. People are really annoying though. I could go on... and on.. and on.. with stories about stupidity and just thinking we're the stupidest people alive. Eric

How do you think the PoP is going to affect this? Is the park still free to enter.. just cant pay for indivdiual tickets? It would really be awful if they ever close the park off and shut out the locals. I always love walking around there and seeing dogs just hanging out.. Eric

Cracker Barrel... so good. I love Red Lobster too.. Cracker Barrel has a cool thing where you can pay full price for an audio CD book and you can return it at any Cracker Barrel and get the whole amount back other than like.. $3.50 a week. Really good for long distance drives when you get tired of listening to music. Eric

Yeah.. I would trust you guys.. but as far as our "average guest" having a camera flailing around.. NO!! All anyone would have to do is be a coaster person (who are usually easy to pick out of the crowd) and I could care less.. as long as you can hide it until ure on the lift.. Then we have the guests who swear they just got off of the other side.. in the front.. with an old VCR taping video camera...

Im a Christian.. I would gladly get into a discussion about Near Death Experience with anyone who thinks that we go into a world of nothing when we die.. why do children that can hardly talk, and have no religious basis or knowledge, and haven't been brainwashed by society have almost an identical Near Death Experience as someone who is... 75? Eric

Hate to agree with you there.. since I work there. We have great rides.. but there arent too many of them.. Eric

Most overrated park.. Hmmm.. Busch Gardens Tampa seems to let me down a lot. I just CAN'T have a decent day there for some reason. Montu is great.. Gwazi has the worst operation in the world.. and isn't a great wooden coaster by any means (in my honest.. Northeast Wooden coaster opinion), and Kumba doesn't do it for me. Sheikra will bring a much needed second wind to this park. As far as the usual.. Six Flags AstroWorld.. Six Flags America.. I really havent had too many parks that have let me down. Eric

awesome Dragster picture! "Arms Down!" I love and hate sitting there staring up 420 feet... Eric

ok I have a bunch but I'll try to narrow it down.. any finally.. didnt quite come out right using Panorama maker but still looks cool dragons at night.. have to invest in a tripod for these shots.. still came out decent Magnum after close thought the sky looked cool

"Hsawaknow"

yeah I never get more than sprinkled on River... I always sit towards the back and duck at the end.. or I always get larger people in front of me who take the bullet.. Sigh.. can't believe anyone would choose that big worthless piece of green crap in front of the park over Dragons.. maybe I'm just bias because I work on Dragons but at least Dragons doesn't lull you to sleep after the first few seconds. Eric

It's actually been fairly bad all week.. even this week! Which was suprising. We've had constant 30+ minute waits at Dragons.. Hulk about the same. Doesn't help that our 3rd trains and the Hulks 3rd train are not available either. If it is busy... come over to Dragons and look for me, or Lisa (Coasterbabe) and we'll be glad to hook you up.. I usually work Fri-Sat-Sun-Tues Eric

Thats right. cuz at universal we dont let you get to the front of the line in a wheelchair! Muahaha. But hey.. I call IOA Six Flags over Florida whenever we have one train op at Dragons. Eric

At IOA we are really strict with camera's. Not really sure how other rides are but due to Dueling Dragons being a dueling coaster where its a very real chance that any bag or camera could be dropped at a duel point and cause really bad injury to another guest, we are A-holes about it. So we keep an eye out for that. Usually we'll catch people in the station or when it goes out into the transfer track and we'll take it from them and then give it back.. but if they do it more than once or are an ass about not being able to film, then they can deal with security. Those video cell phones have been a problem lately. However, with enthusiasts... esp. those I know on message boards.. I never see anything. Eric

Lets see.. I was upset earlier in the week because I went to Target and all they had were 24 roll packs of Charmin.. I dont like to buy toilet paper in bulk, I'm moving in three weeks, and I only have like.. $20 a week to live off of so I needed to buy food instead of 24 rolls of Charmin. However, I called into work today because lately I'm a Dragon's burn out and the place is run really crappily these days, plus I'm moving in a few weeks and have lots of attendence points to waste.. and I dont mind living off of $20 a week. Why do you need a hot water heater to heat hot wateR? That traffic site is a really cool idea! Four days in LA traffic was enough for me though! Eric

haha. nice MF picture. Nothing like riding that thing the rain! Since we're on an on ride photo kick at the moment... Me, my friend Lisa, and My friend Josh sleeping on Nitro..